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It looks like smooth sailing for Verizon/Frontier
Verizon's $20 billion play for fiber network operator Frontier Communications likely won't encounter any major troubles from regulators or competitors, according to a handful of financial analysts. "Frontier will be acquired by Verizon," wrote the financial analysts at TD Cowen.
Australian government taps postal vans to track remote network coverage (Light Reading)
Submitted by zwalker@benton.org on Tue, 10/08/2024 - 14:27How ACP's lapse is impacting state broadband plans
Light Reading's Nicole Ferraro and Jake Varn, associate manager with Pew's Broadband Access Initiative, discuss how the lapse of the Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) in May is now impacting states' plans t
AT&T's networking chief, Chris Sambar, to leave company (Light Reading)
Submitted by zwalker@benton.org on Mon, 10/07/2024 - 16:26New mentorship program aims to help communities build public broadband
As public broadband networks expand across the US, so too does the body of knowledge on how to launch and run them successfully.
AT&T and Verizon won't stop cutting jobs
Long-time observers of AT&T and Verizon may be wondering how low they can go on headcount. In mid-September, Verizon made the telecom news with a securities filing that warned around 4,800 jobs would be cut by March next year at a severance cost of about $1.8 billion. Without any hiring to offset those cuts, this would leave it with fewer than 100,000 employees for the first time this millennium.
Tarana broadens fixed wireless connection with cable operators
Tarana Wireless is making more inroads with the US cable industry, announcing that three operators are using its platform to deploy fixed wireless access (FWA) services for a variety of use cases.